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Another ESP kill switch tutorial, with 23 photos, 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sport JK

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Old 03-11-2013, 06:25 PM
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I did mine with the so called steering wheel dance. Worked great and will only come back on if I do the dance again. But I have no emissions test to pass.
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Will this kill switch also shut off the BLD?
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Very helpful and I will be doing this soon. One thing though... You should not use wire nuts like that in a car. They will work themselves loose for sure. Solder or use crimp connectors...
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Originally Posted by x-rated
Very helpful and I will be doing this soon. One thing though... You should not use wire nuts like that in a car. They will work themselves loose for sure. Solder or use crimp connectors...
Good point. I did tape them up really well afterward, though I didn't document that part too well.
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Will this kill switch also shut off the BLD?
I can't tell for sure from driving it, but I seriously doubt BLD is on with all those other systems off.
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Originally Posted by natebri2575
I did mine with the so called steering wheel dance. Worked great and will only come back on if I do the dance again. But I have no emissions test to pass.
I think the steering wheel dance stopped working as of model year 2012, though it's in the 2012 owner's manual.
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Originally Posted by ghostjk
Will this kill switch also shut off the BLD?
Then again, reading more about it, it sounds like BLD never goes off unless the brakes overheat. So maybe it's still on.
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Originally Posted by ghostjk
Is there any way to shut off ESP permanently while keeping ABS?
Since no one else has chimed in, I'll give you my guess. You'd probably have to reflash the engine's computer to do something like that.
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BLD is the one thing I really want to control. Sometimes its great with an open diff, but other times I want it to just GO AWAY!

At least with engaged lockers there can't be any BLD because the wheels turn the same speed.
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I wonder how we could find out if BLD is off or not with the kill switch


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